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Allowed calls
If Smart call blocker is on, the following
types of incoming calls can get through to
you and ring on your telephone system.
• Home calls with numbers saved in
your allow list.
• Home calls with numbers saved in
your phonebook, but not on your
block list.
• Home calls with caller ID names
saved in your star name list.
• Cell calls with numbers not saved in
your block list.
NOTES
• When Smart call blocker is off, all
incoming home and cell calls will ring
on your telephone system, including
calls with numbers saved in the block
list.
• Allow unknown is the default profile
setting. If you have not selected
another profile, all unknown home
calls will ring. However, the caller’s
numbers, if available, will not be
saved to the allow list. If you want to
save the caller’s number to your allow
list or block list, you can retrieve the
number from caller ID log and save it
to the allow list or block list. (See Save
a caller ID log entry to the block list
and Save a caller ID log entry to the
allow list. If you want to retrieve the
name from caller ID log and save it to
the star name list. See
Save a caller ID
log entry to the star name list).
Blocked calls
If Smart call blocker is on, incoming home
or cell calls with numbers saved in your
block list will not ring. The telephone
plays the block announcement “Calls
to this number are being screened by
Smart call blocker. The number you are
calling is not accepting your call. Please
hang up.“ to the caller, and the call will
be terminated.
NOTES
• When Smart call blocker is off, all
incoming home and cell calls will ring
on your telephone system, including
calls with numbers saved in the block
list.
• If you have set profile to Block
unknown, all unknown home calls
will be rejected. However, the caller’s
numbers, if available, will not be
saved to the block list. If you want to
save the caller’s number to the block
list, you can retrieve the number from
caller ID log and save it to the block
list. (See Save a caller ID log entry to
the block list). You can also retrieve
the number and save it to your allow
list. (See Save a caller ID log entry to
the allow list). If you want to retrieve
the name from caller ID log and save it
to the star name list. (See Save a caller
ID log entry to the star name list).
• The telephone can respond to remote
access code while it is playing the
block announcement. This allows you
to access your answering system from
an unknown number remotely.
Screen unknown home calls
If Smart call blocker is on, and you have
set profile to screen unknown home
calls, the telephone plays a screening
announcement to the caller when
receiving the following incoming
home calls. It asks the caller to respond
before putting the call through to you.
• Incoming home calls with numbers
that are “out of area“ or with
numbers set to “Private“;
• Incoming home calls with absent
caller ID numbers;
• Incoming home calls with numbers
that are not in your phonebook,
allow list, nor block list; or
• Incoming home calls with names
that are not in your star name list.
Screen calls and ask for caller names
When screening a home call, the
telephone announces to the caller,
“Hello. Calls to this number are being
screened by Smart call blocker. Please
say your name after the tone, then
press pound.”
After the caller completes the request,
the telephone announces to the caller
“Please wait a moment while your call
is connected.”
The telephone starts ringing and the
handset screen displays Screened call.
After you pick up the call, the telephone
announces the caller’s name, and then
asks whether you want to answer or
reject the call, or to forward the call to
the answering system.
NOTES
• You can set Smart call blocker to
screen and filter all unknown home
calls. You can easily add incoming
phone numbers to your allow list
and block list. This allows you to
build up your lists of allowed and
blocked numbers, and Smart call
blocker will know how to deal with
these calls when they come in again.
• The telephone announces to
the caller with “Hello. Calls to
this number are being screened
by Smart call blocker...” If you
have recorded your name in the
screening announcements, your
recorded name will replace “this
number” in the announcements
(See
Screening announcement).
• The screening feature of Smart call
blocker is applicable to home calls
only.
• If the caller hangs up before the
home call is screened, or without
leaving his/her name while the call
is being screened, the call will be
logged as missed call in the caller
ID log.
• While a home call is being screened,
you can press
or to stop
screening and answer the call.
• After the telephone screened
a home call, and is ringing and